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US-11917157

Image encoding/decoding method and device for performing PROF, and method for transmitting bitstream

PublishedFebruary 27, 2024
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Technical Abstract

An image encoding/decoding method and apparatus are provided. An image decoding method according to the present disclosure is performed by an image decoding apparatus. The image decoding method comprises deriving a prediction sample of a current block based on motion information of the current block, deriving a reference picture resampling (RPR) condition for the current block, determining whether prediction refinement with optical flow (PROF) applies to the current block based on the RPR condition, and deriving a refined prediction sample for the current block by applying PROF to the current block.

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3. The image decoding method of claim 2, wherein it is determined that PROF does not apply to the current block, based on the RPR condition being the first value.

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4. The image decoding method of claim 1, wherein whether PROF applies to the current block is determined based on a size of the current block.

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5. The image decoding method of claim 4, wherein it is determined that PROF does not apply to the current block, based on a product of a width w of the current block and a height h of the current block being less than 128.

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6. The image decoding method of claim 1, wherein information specifying whether the current block is an affine merge mode is parsed from a bitstream based on a size of the current block.

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7. The image decoding method of claim 6, wherein the information specifying whether the current block is the affine merge mode is parsed from the bitstream, based on each of a width w of the current block and a height h of the current block being equal to or greater than 8 and w*h being equal to or greater than 128.

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8. The image decoding method of claim 1, wherein information specifying whether the current block is an affine MVP mode is parsed from a bitstream based on a size of the current block.

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9. The image decoding method of claim 8, wherein the information specifying whether the current block is the affine MVP mode is parsed from the bitstream, based on each of a width w of the current block and a height h of the current block being equal to or greater than 8 and w*h being equal to or greater than 128.

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10. The image decoding method of claim 1, wherein whether PROF applies to the current block is determined based on whether BCW or WP applies to the current block.

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11. The image decoding method of claim 10, wherein it is determined that PROF does not apply to the current block, based on BCW or WP applying to the current block.

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14. A non-transitory computer readable recording medium storing a bitstream generated by the image encoding method of claim 12.

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October 20, 2022

Publication Date

February 27, 2024

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